Arts Grants 2021/2022 round 2 Closing date: 15 Sep 2021
Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations (including groups and collectives). This funding enables more sustainable careers, encourages innovation and the development of arts practice, and provides opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.
More about the Arts Grant programme
Read a summary of this round's results which includes an overview of the results, commentary on our observations about what the strongest applications this round included, both generally (ie across all artforms and applications) as well as artform-specific.
Who got funded this round
81 grants totalling $3,709,891 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round, across the three funding pools (General, Māori and Pacific).
We increased the budget for this round by $1.2 million, drawing on the $5 million we were allocated in September from the Government’s COVID-19 Delta Relief Funding. This allowed us to support an additional 28 projects.
We received 200 eligible applications, with a total of $7,727,335 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- General Arts: 56 projects totalling $2,269,121 were supported. $5,644,610 was requested by 162 applicants.
- Ngā toi Māori: 13 projects totalling $761,039 were supported. $1,000,309 was requested by 19 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 12 projects totalling $679,732 were supported. $1,082,416 was requested by 19 applicants.
Also:
- 35 of the funded projects supported the development of arts practice and the creation of new work.
- 19 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts.
- 17 supported projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts.
- 4 supported New Zealand arts to gain international success.
- 6 supported building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 9 Community Arts
- 5 Craft/object
- 3 Customary Māori Arts
- 5 Dance
- 4 Interarts
- 15 Literature
- 10 Multidisciplinary Arts
- 9 Music
- 2 Pacific heritage arts
- 9 Theatre
- 10 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to 183 activities in the following regions:
- 55 Auckland
- 27 National
- 25 Wellington
- 20 Otago
- 13 Canterbury
- 9 Waikato
- 6 Bay of Plenty
- 5 Manawatu-Whanganui
- 5 Online
- 4 Nelson-Marlborough
- 3 Gisborne
- 3 Hawkes Bay
- 3 Taranaki
- 2 Overseas
- 2 Southland
- 1 Northland
Funding recipients
Ali Foa'i
Towards the development of the second draft of the script for the stage play 'Lupahila'.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $26,839
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Amanaki Prescott, Phylesha Brown-Acton
Towards associated costs for the Pasifika Pride Festival 2022.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Anna Miles
Towards a publication on paintings by Barbara Tuck, supported by exhibitions at Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi and Ramp Gallery.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $34,999
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Aotearoa Community Wellbeing Trust
Towards providing an engaging performing arts pathway that enhances youth wellbeing.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $67,108
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Auckland Fringe Festival
Towards personnel costs for the development of Auckland Fringe Festival's community engagement.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $52,740
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Audrey Baldwin
Towards an interactive performance/installation prescribing artworks at The Performance Arcade 2022.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $19,155
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Barbara Makuati-Afitu
Towards a showcase of iKiribati women makers and wearers of tibuta in Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
AWARDED: $59,260
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Black Creatives Aotearoa
Towards a week-long workshop and stage reading to support six emerging Black playwrights.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $33,667
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Blindfolded and Led to the Woods
To record a full-length album for worldwide release.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $23,400
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Brian Falkner
Towards writing the third book in a series about a New Zealand boy during World War II.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $20,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Bridget Sutherland
To complete an experimental documentary on performance and kinetic artist Peter Roche.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $55,577
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Canterbury University Press
To publish a new collection of short-form writing from Frankie McMillan.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $5,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Ceramics Association of New Zealand Incorporated
Towards the Ceramics NZ 2022 touring potter programme 'Coil Aotearoa' with Carla Ruka.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $16,829
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Chloe Loftus
To remount and tour an outdoor inclusive aerial dance production across Aotearoa New Zealand in 2022.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $22,573
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Circability Trust
Towards a programme investing in the future of Social Circus in Aotearoa by providing pathways for young people to develop, grow and thrive.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $65,100
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Creative Capital Arts Trust
Towards the development of New Zealand Fringe venues support and a visual arts development project.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $69,896
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
David Riley
To create and publish four new books for young people.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $28,704
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Dylan Lardelli
To commission a pair of new works for solo instruments.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $30,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Equal Voices Arts
Towards the filming and touring of accessible devised theatre performance performed in New Zealand Sign Language and spoken English.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $51,918
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Eyegum Music Collective
To deliver Welcome to Nowhere Festival 2022 - a two-day festival showcasing independent music, poetry, comedy, performance and visual art.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $36,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Faith Wilson
Towards writing and editing a book of poetry by Faith Wilson, published by Saufo`i Press.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $8,200
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Fantail Creative, Emma Vickers
Towards the re-development of 'Minema', an immersive multidisciplinary experience.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $22,950
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Featherston Booktown
Towards the associated costs of seven events at the Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2022.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $74,506
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Festival Opera
Towards performances of 'The Magic Flute' during the Art Deco Festival 2022.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Galia Amsel
To develop and create a new body of work for solo exhibition in Sydney.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $22,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Grace Ryder, Xin Cheng, adam ben-dror
To research and develop a body of work on resourcefulness for a new online platform, presented with Urban Dream Brokerage and LIFE, Rotterdam.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $41,200
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Grace Taylor, Carolyn Rudzinski
Towards the creation of an anthology of the vibrant poetic voices who have thrived and impacted New Zealand performance poetry in the past 10-15 years.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $26,500
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Hillary Samuela
Towards the development of a Tokelauan double bill theatre project.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $10,307
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
HOEA! Gallery and Project Space
Towards three exhibitions and related public programmes at HOEA! Gallery and Project Space in Te Tairawhiti.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $74,657
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Ira Collectives
Towards 6 pou or similar artworks that will act as a cultural trail for culturally significant areas in Queenstown.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Jeanine Clarkin
Towards an arts mentoring project.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $23,525
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Jerome Kavanagh
To develop new works for online global sharing and further develop ORO ATUA Taonga Puoro.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $18,782
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Jignal Bhagvandas
Towards a contemporary Bharatanatyam dance production of well-known fairy tales with a feminist twist.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $51,731
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
John Rae
To compose, perform and live record a series of New Zealand jazz works for a multicultural ensemble.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $37,736
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Johnson Witehira
Towards developing 'Bloodlines', a graphic novel centred around and driven by Māori characters.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $74,120
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Jonathan Waters
Towards Ōtepoti Hip-Hop Hustle (ŌHHH), a live showcase which celebrates the Four Elements of Hip-Hop.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $40,849
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kirsty Baker
Towards the research and writing of a significant new book on women artists, to be published by Auckland University Press.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $43,480
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Kiwi Christmas Books
To collect and distribute brand new Kiwi books to children who would otherwise go without.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $21,220
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Lagi-Maama Academy & Consultancy
Towards a project that honours the untapped knowledge of Pasifka ancestors found in fāgogo and fananga.
This content is tagged as Pacific arts .
AWARDED: $74,900
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Massey University Press
Towards publishing five non-fiction books.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $58,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Metiria Turei
Towards three totemic textile taniko sculptures on the gifts and dangers of whano kē - erratic times.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $11,830
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Metro Magazine, Alana Lopesi
To establish a new Arts Editor role at Metro magazine for 2022.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $71,040
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Michael Vinten
To record and publish a collection of unheard New Zealand songs.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $14,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Moana Fresh Ltd
Towards developing phase 1 of a Pasifika-centred toolkit for the creative industries in Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Movement Art Practice
Towards four dance residencies in Ōtautahi Christchurch to expand movement, writing and research practices.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $57,620
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Nahyeon Lee
Towards the development of 'Extanz Volume I: an Epic on Power'.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $27,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Natasha Kohler
For the Tup Lang Choreographic Award towards development of a site-specific dance work, 'Body of Earth'.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $10,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
National Youth Theatre Company
To support 300 young Aucklanders on an intense theatre development process leading up to an inspirational performance adventure.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $25,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Nelson Fringe Arts Charitable Trust
Towards the Nelson Fringe Festival 2022, a multidisciplinary festival supporting emerging artists to showcase new work.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $19,600
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
New Zealand Fashion Museum
To commission Edith Amituanai to create a new body of photographs for presentation within the 2022 Auckland Arts Festival.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $17,778
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Nga Rangatahi Toa
Towards a multi-disciplinary theatre show devised by the young people of Ngā Rangatahi Toa.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $41,350
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Odd Fam
Towards 'Numb', a musical set in an alternative universe that re-narrates the migrant dream.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Paemanu
Towards a series of gatherings to strengthen and develop Ngāi Tahu based arts practitioners in Ōtepoti.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $74,300
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Pati Tyrell
Towards the research and development of a new collaborative artwork.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Pomare Puia
Towards 'Max Volume', a workshop series designed for aspiring musicians aged 13-18 years old.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $51,525
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Russ Flat
To create new work with a historical, political and cultural look at the Heretaunga Block, Hawkes Bay using cutting edge technologies for exhibition.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $41,961
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Samoa House Library
To develop a research-oriented residency programme for artists, arts-related practitioners, and groups to work with Samoa House Library.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sarah Johnson, Deborah Hinde
To write, illustrate, and publish an entertaining picturebook about Harold the giraffe.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $4,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Sau E Siva Creatives
Towards a world premiere of a new Pacific dance theatre show 'Manamea'.
This content is tagged as Dance .
AWARDED: $74,100
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
Sos & Sha Creative
Towards the development rehearsals of an award-winning solo show, 'Waiting'.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $29,949
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Stroma New Music Trust
To commission three new chamber ensemble works and to present two concerts.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $74,230
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
TAANE METE
Towards the first stage of a 3 part new dance development, ‘Te Mata’.
This content is tagged as Interarts .
AWARDED: $73,687
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance
Towards the commissioning and presentation of new work for 2022 TAHI Festival.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $40,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Takahe Collective Trust
To create and publish three issues of takahē magazine: two print issues and one digital issue.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $27,374
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tame Iti Ltd
Towards an art and performance installation on parliament grounds commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Nga Tamatoa tent embassy.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Taurima Vibes
Towards associated costs to develop 'Te Whakawhirinaki Kete', a digital hauora platform for the wellbeing resilience New Zealand's arts sector.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $74,960
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Te Marunui Hotene
Towards the development of ©HUR's strategy and the creation of a new body of artwork.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $60,000
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Te Rongo Kirkwood
Towards the creation of blown glass vessels for exhibition in 2022.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Te Tuhi Mareikura Trust
Towards a public festival and artist wānanga gathering of customary Māori tā moko and world Indigenous tatau practices.
This content is tagged as Ngā toi Māori .
AWARDED: $74,896
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Te Whare Tapere o Te Arawa
To develop and stage a new Haka Theatre production that engages with Te Arawa purakau and histories.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
AWARDED: $70,544
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
Te Whe
Towards a wānanga for Māori storytellers to assess the state of Māori arts and literature.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $54,697
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
The Agenda Zine
Towards publishing 'The Agenda Zine Volume 3', a Tāmaki Makaurau-based queer zine with the goal of amplifying queer voices and art to Aotearoa.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $20,355
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
The Dust Palace Productions Ltd
Towards the workshop development of a new cirque theatre work, in partnership between Dust Palace and Te Rēhia Theatre.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $74,968
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Timothy Veling
To publish an artist book in collaboration with XYZ Books, Portugal and Rim Books, New Zealand.
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
AWARDED: $12,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Tim Wigmore Design
Towards the development of research-based studio furniture works.
This content is tagged as Craft/object .
AWARDED: $46,700
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Troy Tu'ua
Towards a new Pasifika theatre work 'Alatini' as part of Auckland Arts Festival 2022.
This content is tagged as Theatre .
AWARDED: $74,600
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
University of Canterbury
Towards The Ursula Bethell Creative New Zealand Residency in Creative Writing for Aotearoa New Zealand writers at the University of Canterbury.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $33,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
University of Otago College of Education
Towards an established residency programme for a New Zealand writer of children's literature to create imaginative works for young people.
This content is tagged as Literature .
AWARDED: $44,094
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Wellington Jazz and Music Festival Trust
To commission four Aotearoa New Zealand musicians to compose new music.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Wellington Opera
Towards a performance season of Verdi's 'La Traviata'.
This content is tagged as Music .
AWARDED: $75,000
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
Women's Art Initiative Wai Marlborough
Towards art-making as resistance and response to violence.
This content is tagged as Community arts .
AWARDED: $14,301
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
